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5 Useful Tips to Elevate your Bar Menu and Drinks Program

Chilled Magazine

In today’s craft cocktail culture, being forward-thinking with your drink program is important. Implement a cocktail menu that uses different spirits, such as vodka, gin, rum, tequila, and whiskey and different flavor profiles.

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Is Craft Vodka Ready for Its Moment?

VinePair

About 15 years ago, the nascent craft spirits industry was awash in vodka. A few distillers did make vodka from whole ingredients, including West Virginia’s Smooth Ambler , which used the same mash bill as its wheated bourbon. “We Vodka usually sells because it’s well priced or well marketed and ours was neither.”

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Q&A: Leandro DiMonriva aka The Educated Barfly

Imbibe Magazine

What started as a YouTube series from actor-turned-bartender Leandro DiMonriva on the history and craft behind classic cocktails has transformed into an ever-expanding encyclopedia of bartending expertise. But it was a nightclub mostly, so we weren’t making craft cocktails really. I was working two nights a week there.

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Does Plucky, Plum-Based Slivovitz Stand a Chance in Modern Cocktail Culture?

VinePair

So why haven’t slivovitz and other fruit spirits found the same popularity as tequila or bourbon? A lack of a universally recognized cocktail also isn’t doing slivovitz any favors. Slivovitz probably needs a signature cocktail. *To The article Does Plucky, Plum-Based Slivovitz Stand a Chance in Modern Cocktail Culture?

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Brandy and Cognac Trends for 2024

Cheers

In addition to intense competition from tequila, domestic whiskey and the ready-to-drink (RTD) segments, brandy and Cognac had to contend with economic pressures, as inflation put a crimp in some discretionary spending. DUss Cognac has been accelerating on-premise efforts with cocktails such as the D’Uss Spicy Sidecar.

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Why Are Kalamatas the Black Sheep of Martini Olives?

VinePair

Cocktail culture is no stranger to defying the laws of tradition, so what is it about Kalamatas et al. Vodka Viability “Gin is a little less forgiving than vodka,” Tecosky says. On the other hand, vodka presents a “blank-er” canvas for experimentation. With vodka, you’ll want to temper it with something else.

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Ten Strike Drink Recipe

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